Wave Forces on Submerged Pipelines - A Review with Design Aids

Abstract

The literature on the subject of wave forces on pipelines is reviewed. Interim design procedures, which include force equations incorporating inertia, drag and lift components, are presented. Also presented are design aids for determining appropriate values of force coefficients. Three classes of pipeline problems are addressed: (1) pipelines remote from the seafloor, (2) pipelines in contact with the seafloor, and (3) pipelines near enough to the seafloor to be influenced by the boundary effects. It is recommended that these design procedures and aids be used until more data are available. Recommendations for future tests are also made. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA028620

Entities

People

  • D. A. Davis
  • J. B. Ciani

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Froude Number
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Seabed
  • Standing Waves
  • Steady Flow
  • Turbulent Mixing

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